The once 60-foot-tall Ferris wheel was a Times Square staple for years, but it now serves a very different purpose When Toys “R” Us closed the doors of its flagship store in New York’s Times ...

“Too fragile,” he said. Ferris was hardly the first to imagine such a wheel. In fact, a carpenter named William Somers was building 50-foot wooden wheels at Asbury Park, Atlantic City and ...

A Ferris wheel at a German music festival became engulfed in flames over the weekend, injuring more than 20 people, according to multiple reports. The terrifying incident occurred around 9 p.m. on ...

A ferris wheel caught on fire at Leipzig, Germany’s Highfield music festival Saturday, injuring at least 30 people. The incident occurred at roughly 9 p.m. local time while German rapper Ski ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students and staff enjoy rides on a Ferris wheel that was brought onto the RPI campus to help celebrate the university’s 200th anniversary on Friday, during a ...

It’s a carnival and fair staple… the Ferris wheel! George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. graduated from RPI in 1881 and later invented the Ferris wheel in 1893. Chris Letchford, a professor and ...

During his lunch break, Jonathan Daybear decided to walk over to Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Bridge to take in the view from atop the 60-foot Ferris wheel set up for Oktoberfest.